#stoutSHOUT To Jon Stewart For Standing Up For 9/11 First Responders

Raising A Voice For Responders

#stoutSHOUT to Jon Stewart for for being a strong and persistent raised voice for the brave public servants of Sept. 11th

Calling Out Congress To Act

“As I sit here today, I can’t help but think, what an incredible metaphor this room is for the entire process that getting health care and benefits for 9/11 first responders has come to. Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders, and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress.” Stewart said during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorizing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Many lawmakers on the panel did not show up for the hearing, leaving the committee room mostly empty.

Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity: time…the one thing they’re running out of!— Jon Stewart

Former late night host and 9/11 first responders advocate Jon Stewart chokes up during the hearing for reauthorizing the 9/11 victim compensation fund. Video courtesy of CNN

The re-funding bill was passed in the Senate after the impassioned testimony of Stewart and a group of first responders including retired NYPD detective Luis Alvarez (pictured above).